Category Archives: Family Lines

We’re Related – Barack Obama?

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Don Taylor

Famous Friday Roberts/Blackwell/Harris Line by Don Taylor Last April, through the application “We’re Related,” I was learned that my wife is related to her eighth cousin, twice removed, Michelle Obama. I determined that that relationship was “very probable.”  This year “We’re … Continue reading →

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Ancestor Bio – John Calvin Roberts (1795-1873)

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Don Taylor

52 Ancestors – Week 2018-09 By Don Taylor John Calvin Roberts was the first Roberts ancestor I was pretty sure was an ancestor. Years ago, when I did a Y-DNA test to try to determine who my biological father was, … Continue reading →

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Surname Saturday – Taft

Posted on February 17, 2018 by Don Taylor

Roberts/Barnes/Taft Line by Don Taylor I was surprised to learn that I know of more ancestors with the surname of Taft in my Roberts Line than any other surname, including Roberts. Only my Mannin(g) and Wolcott ancestors, which are on … Continue reading →

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Schools I’ve Attended – Osseo High School

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Don Taylor

My Life Those Places Thursday By Don Taylor During the summer of 1965, my stepfather decided to sell the house in North Minneapolis and build a new home in Brooklyn Park. Brooklyn Park is a second-tier suburb about ten miles … Continue reading →

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Ancestor Bio – Almira Chamberlain Sanford (1804-1845)

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Don Taylor

52 Ancestors – Week 2018-07 By Don Taylor Almira Chamberlain married young and died young, at only 41 years of age. She was a pioneering woman who went west with her husband, from her native Vermont to Genesee and Orleans … Continue reading →

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